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with interest amount to 004.10, watt obviously included in the con- t" the Spencer solldated note which wan (riven to represent all my indebtedness iifJi"Javn!j!'', W you, aim wiiita wu rvyauivuij uazureu mo WOUia OW met on Ulltrof Jnyldi, sod liquidated in good time by Spencer dividends. iM.i.e.ri,iMi. You will thus we tlmt wo difl'er materially aa to the figures. Of ""s "' s. i. course each of uh ia aiming at precisely the faeta of the caw, ami if MrM( liwy 'tl.'ih I am wrong please r-orrwt me. I am sure that you do not desire me uif. thcr. offered to pay a dollar that ia not due, and I am equally mire that I am more tin t k in than rcaly to pay ever cent that 1 owe you. i tie Mine juk k mnuer is a perpeiuui ami never-ending em- flir it, snd owned harassment to me. J am Dressed daily settlement with those who still hold the securities a net-1?::"'1.'.?.!' !L ' V tletnent I am not aide to make until I receive tho bonds due on your holder, iu't a a - . . L ri.. !.. ... 1 . t . . . . . . anicie oi agreement, w mi me, i mil in 10 me uy lar me most urgent "" nana anil pressing of all the demands connected with our matters, ami me'i"lVi!f"''r the one which I think in all equity should he first nettled, or certainly thin tnek i Ml ettle'l as soon aa any. If (lift iUMKInmh in an imlmrtilllt tn vnll in raising the name for you on your notes, as collateral at the name rate they arc I think I could set the money here on terms, ii i nun mu money iiivmu i nmuu ue $iui vt aovam e ll vi given yon In you, hut I am an dry an a contribution Ixix, Ingrowing, indeed, to defray 'r Bwiit t-k iny campaign expenses, Very sincerely yours, J.Ci. ISi.aine. iii' ' Th''lMw (ViniV and Pfrtmml.) Anit'STA, Mr 1kar Mb. Fisher, I have been absent no much of lute that ediy aMired me I did not receive your lust letter until it wan several days old. When would be met ami I last wrote you I was existing to he in Boston on a political con- L,,?"'l',.',liil7 -i .1 . : t ... t i l !. ; :i i . t . , ,. ppfnrer 'I'M' icrciice auotii mis nine, inn i mmm ii iiiimikmiiu io ix mere, ami it dcnK ' nliowme is now impoanihle for me in leave here until after our election, w hich h no."") "tm-k occurs Monday wwk, the Hth. I will try to meet you at tho Parker J" Hi1lV1e7,ie, House on the I Oth or 11th, availing myself of "the timt possihlo vhi-s, hi' noii for mement lor tnat purjHne. I can not, however, allqw a remark in comment, i ou say tliat you nave been trying to get a settlement w be . with me for fifteen months; you have leen trying to induce me to comply with certain demands which you made upon me, without taking into account any claims I have of a counter kind. This docs. not till my idea of a tettbnufnl, for a trtllnntnt must include both sides. No person could be more anxious for a settlement than I am, and if npon our next interview we can not reach one, why then we try other means. Jiut my judgment is that I shall make you so liberal an offer of settlement that you can not possibly refuse it. An one of the elements w inch 1 wmh to take into account is the note of $10,000 given yon in 1863 for Spencer stock. I leire that you will furnish me w ith the items of interest on that note. My impression is that when that note was consolidated into the large note, which you still hold, that you did not charge me full interest, jtossibly omitting one or two years. I w ill be obliged if you w ill give me information on this point, for I intend to submit to you a full and explicit banis of settlement, ami in making it up it is necessary that I should have this information, l'lease send it as promptly as you may be able to give it to me. In haste, very truly yours, J. tj. Blaise. Confidential. Wash'tx, D. C, 10th April, 187(5. My Dear Mr. Fisiikk, You can do mc a very great favor, and I know it will give you pleasure to do so just as 1 would do for you tinder similur circumstances. Certain persons and pilars are trying to throw mud at mo to injure my candidacy before the Cincinnati Convention, and you may observo they are trying it in connection with the Little Hock and Fort Smith matter. 1 want you to send me a letter such as the inclosed draft. You will receive this to-inorrow (Monday) evening, and it will be a favor See rmurmllo I shall never forget if you will at once write mo the letter and mail "h"lel'J,,0 the same evening. neln with the The letter is strictly true, is homrablo to you and tome, road haninn-n open and will stop the mouths of slanderers at once. AVl Kegard this letter as strictly confidential. Do not show it "nmto n to any one. The draft is in the hands of my clerk, who is as trust- about it, l worthy as anv man can be. If you can't get the etter written in ! 1 rt v " iii ! . rv v i i i . ! tourhedit. Where- fcason for the nine-o clock mail to New lork, please be sure to mail ,., miin-aiment it during tho night, so that it will start first lul, if iHiililt, 1 pray you to grl it in the ninr-o'clock mail Monday Jje. J"o 'JJ llo timing. King regards to Mrs. Finher. Sincerely, Illy Ih-ii.t toi to uurn mis iener. j. ti. is Imloritd n tht hark. Not know ing your exact address, I send this to the Parker House, .'t, itb in order that it may not be subjected to any danger in the hands of 0,,, .'""'J4''1 a carrier. J. (i. U. I'liave'yourpoi.- lllve written ron- The Wkstkrn Tflted Washington, D. C, lsTii. Received at:44, April lti. To Warren Fisher, Commonwealth House to-morrow. Mondav, evening; on 'ew York, lind letter. Answer by return 111 JJ. li. run. The following is tho inclosure referred to Hon, James (!. IJi.aine. WnHhinirton, T. C. ' Ikar Mit, I observe that cerium newspapers are making, or JJ'! ' "v "f rather insinuating, the absurd charge that you own or had owned i""""' ' " ' fl')0,(KH)of Little Kock ami Fort Smith Kiulnunl Itonds, and that "I note what you yon liad in some wav obtaineil them as a gratuity. t lay aiKiut the Iiu- The enterprise of building the Little Kock and Fort Smith Rail- Lveping9 an uu'let road was umlertaken in JSuii by a company of lioston gentlemen, of hen.-... and huil whom 1 wan myself one. The' bonds of the road were put Uon the eiMleaviirtiiiHijiii market in this 'city on what was deemed very advantageous terms to "ht'"pmi the purchaser. Thev were sold hirgelv through mvself. You In- Stninr, i. 5, isi hiim tlu jiiiithii'scr ! about ifiUMMK) ol 'tlio HoimIh on ' would von r Iir'flM-ly l lie mime ternis Hint every ether buyer re- "fled ii ti'"v eiv l( i) nu! lor them in installments, running over a consider- knew the run?'' able period, .just us oilier? U1. The transaction was terfectly 'Z-.i"hrr' A''rii l,s open, ami llieie was no more secrecy in ref-iml to it thaii iium tiiU inter it you liatl been bu.viii"; Hour orsuar. I aiu sure von . do not n. it never owned a ltouil ol Hie road that you did not pay lor 5J " ? " " nt the market rate, indeed, 1 am sure that no one received aUnginin ( liomis on any oilier terms. i iittii mo riimi our mm I n h , ifii,ii ..v. .... iiia. A CKHtKIL ll(k. Tkt Wbla Kepabllraa Tarly la lb Bar Ult Wftrkpfl I . fw 8. r. Ptport,Oct (. Th Republican party that large, and mi Dcntly refiiecUhla portion ol it located la thii city it lDilultiitifS' to-day in general and ix cee1inglv lively "kick." The kickiug ii laid to I livelier aud mora general than haa been known for many yeari. Oua of tha oldeat inbaoitanta aaid li bad uever en tucb kick log and at onua proceeded to do soma bimtmlf. In every part nf the city to-day on can hear Republican! ataertiog that they are men, not duoimiea; that ao man cau put a collar around their nt-cki; that they ara gentlemen and American ciiiaena, and don't yon forget it; that they ara not aheep; that' they ar not loolt; that they ara at good aa anybody e!ae; that they cannot b taken into the market with mpea aroond their reck a, ate, moat of which aeaer tiona ara obiouIy tixa. Tba blast in Uat night'a Convention waa a premonitioo of tba torm that ragea to-day throughout tba party, and in which the overwhelmed ma china labor withont making an inch of head way' All tht talk it about tba coming tax payer 'a pvty; although tho third ticket ia not looked forward to with any amount e you, you still retained your bonds, and you held them clear through amount of money to the reorganisation of the companv in 1 S74, exchiinging them for you received on atock bonds of the new Comimny. ' I'Tcts'ir.V ' nda'tive You acquired also some ilemamls against the new Compaiiy by ""iminli'r tinaiu l'' reason of your having joined with' others in raising some money Hy iu the I. K & whell'the company was in pressing need. Fur the recovery of that L.' J . ,,l,r. money prw-eedinga are now pending in the V. S. Circuit'Court in ,Xa" ,istI. Arkansas, to which you are openly a party of record. Concealment "f all the par ol the investment ami everything connected with it would have been I r iVt'u-" uVw-k" rcry easy had concealment been desirable; but your aetlon in r,)rt 'luiii 'iuiii the whole matter wiin as open and as lair as the day, road, no one im When tho original enterjirise failed, 1 knew with what severity tlie 'Tn " '"""" IMH'iiniary loss fell iiihmi you, and with what integrity and tu""Kn'tonelv ont nerve you met It. Years have since elapsed; it seems rather t it " J'ititer, hard at this late day to Ih compelled to meet a slander in a matter '4.'.ow;J vollr where your conduct was in the highest degree honorable and straight- political pUli'ion forward. you were able to You may use this letter in any way that w ill be of service to vou. jV','.. Very sincerely yours, W. F., Jr. high price .--hii. Tho wonls " Indeed, I am sure that no one received lsmds on any "',2'. U 1 other terms," were iuterliiust in foregoing letter in Mr. Kluine'sowh if rici i y handwriting. ! true." euuue. almost to make final smi had Hie iivi nun , i ui. em I Ufilil.l hn irln.l tn Quaint P" atleally. lining Little Kock bowl umotJimri ixTti lined in lioston. four fur nnr. Maine's Id four or nix months on theno !fjn oi'iw fw note: with Aug V. is?.' "Hie eon- M.uxe. Aumint 31. 1872. .."2'":- v name u ii-ovfivii your letter to pans without (j .1 ''?," " J " See nolo above mail Tuesday morning; li advinahic,avold- apply to the honor and 'fairneM of a bunliiPHii traimac- tlnti "Hnfiir A nr triwt todi-liver mi' l,(mlniicl IhiiiiIk and :i,iM) Hot mortKHKu lunula " Tei.korai'ii Company. -Aliiii.rf. 4,171. Hotel, Please go Parker "O u t o I the arrival morning mail from J1"1'"'! .. "! , .'.I'T mail. J. ti. 15i.ai.nk. , large amount bolli ol ImiihIh and niouev (rce of fost to you " t'i'htT, April Hi, 1ST2 "No fine will ev er know from me that I have dis posed of a single in the preceding letter: Huston, April : 187U. lug Into ae- ptmiit Ihe Hl,im ImiiuIk von mild lo ,,,,,, r, .1 nil urrn il l, lll'iril i .1 ii.iu ,,,,.1 1.,. r..ii i.,, iniit.i eothutiaem. The universal diapoaition to wait and tea what aort of a ticket even that ia to be, before pledgee or promiaea are mad about it, indicate very clearly the temper of the p-ople and their determination to cast thi ir hallota, ao far aa tha municipal ticket ia fxnoerned onteid of party line. Tha Demo crat ar elated over tha revolt in the Repub lican camp. 9,diJ to the Staralara. Niw York, Oct 13. Elijah Smith, Prea. ident of tha Oregon and TrancontiueoUl, to day aubitantiatra Ik-echer'a atatement nl what Jame F. Joy aaid to him concerning Blaioe'a pn mniog Joy to make Conirrefaional Com miaaioua in Joy'a iniereat ahould ha take bonU eff Blaioe'a handa. Smith aaya Joy told him tba aaroo thing. II ia now prepar ing latter giving a full atatement. rial ia Da erta Blaine. Special to tha Staadard. Niw York, Oct. 13. Claflin, tho dry good prince, deierti Blaina. lie alwaya wa a Republican, but could not atand tha proof of Blaine'a lying abuut th Hocking valley matter. Oaflm'a defection cauae great oon ternation'among th Blaineitea, and will hava great erlect ia Brooklyn. AN lElSHMt?! TO IBISDJIE.V rCMH 9F THE HV. PlTKICal Umber f ('area,! Ex-Preldea af ihe XailanaJ lf leaie.at 4lbaaj. S T.J Jal It, IHS4. Mr Fkllow Citizcns : I eetem it a high honor to be invited here, and to participate with too in thl great aemoDitratioo. When laat it wa my privilege to atand here, eight year ago, w met to indorae the cindidacy ol a greAt ttateaman, whose char acter had ao ripened, whoaa record waa written, and whoaa fignr had ao crown yonder capitol that tha country called for aervica by him in tha higher aphera of the Preaidncy. That call waa an honor to Sam net J. Tilden, but a greater honor to New York, and a lofty tribute to your acbool atateamanahip. Cheer. of It it not out ot eeaaon, and it never will be whila hooeat men hava memorica, to denounce the foul crime by which the eltct of tha people were cheated ont ot their cilice and tba K public defranded of their aemee. It if a crime which ha nevtr been con doned and never will be forgiven by the American people. ' Indeed, ao interne ia tha feeling and ao uni versal the deair to right tha wrong, ao far aa the people can right it, that, m my judgment, no combination of men or circomataoce could hava prevented the great Ch cago Convention, with one acclaim, from nominating Tilden and Hendricks again load appituie, if Mr. Tilden bad not solemnly and emphatically refuted connect. T '' With the candor, dignity and ability fitting hi oharacter. in a letter .fraught with Wise counael and aage reflectiop, our. great leader took hi leave and bade u look elsewhere among our leading men for k candidate for that great elfice. It wa a great body to whom tho tk of aelectien wa committed. It represented the intelligence, enterprise and wealth of more than half the people of the United State ; but. more than all, it represented the masses tho laboring people, aa the Democracy ever ha with all their activities, purpose and ambition. From the calm judgment of that Conven tion, uoiwayed by the clamor of the gallenea, unmoved by open threat or whispering coo ftiencea, came tirover Cleveland and Thomaa A. Hendrick. Applause J Ouce mora thi great tnetter of political action bad produced the man for the time; and onca more Indiana' chivalrou aon loy ally took the plaoe to which hi party aa tigned bim. Thee are the only Democratio candidates that are, or that can He, in th field thi year. flier ara our candidate U wa ara democrat. I am, and alwaya hava been, a Democrat, and unleaa the Republican leopard can obango it apot Democrat l remain. 1, thereiore, some to thi initial meeting ot ine canvass to pledge my hearty support to tha party and ita oandidatc, and to join with yon in congratu lation on our coming victory at the poll. A calm atatement, but I am oonscioua that no man doea hi duty to himself or to hi cause who overlook or (light obataolea in the path to toooeaa, however small. Yon will tuffer me, therefore, to take a little time, which might be expended otherwise with profit, in the consideration of ome minor matter to which wa ahall not, of necessity, recur again. I need not tell yon that tha . Republican candidate ia an able, wary, adroit, brilliant man. Some describe him as . "magnetic," whatever that may mean. Perhapa ha ats tracta things to him, or haa "taking way." Many thousanda of hi old associate who kuow him belt feel (ur that be ia not over scrupulous in his method, will have nothiog to do with him, and ar c&ating their lot with iu thi year, in every State in- the - Union. But at all' events, Mr. Blaine i fertile jn re sources, and ia flanked by Lieutenant more or let like himself. Ironical Laughter You can imagine, then, what his canvas haa been aud will be in hit third desperate attempt to reach tha Presidency. ; Ha has, at last ascompliehed the first atep by accuring hia owo party nomination. Hi next ia to break down or injure, if possible, hia only competitor.' For, mark you, n t three but thirty or 300 candidates might run under one ant of color or another, but it will atill be a race between Cleveland and B aine. Bear One in mind, and choose between them. If you with to throw away a vote, do it with vour eyea wide open. Cries, "We will not.'' The fimt form ot attack came before the Con vention. It waa manifestly intended to pre vout Grover Cleveland's nomination by fright vning tha Convention into the belisf that the Governor had become the slave of monopolies, the enemy ol libor and the aworn foe of the frith and the Catholic. I muat confess that these wholesale charges, coming to auddenly, almost took my breath away at tirat, and left aa imoreision which forced a full and careiul iuquiry. II that inquiry had uot resulted in demonstrating the tntire falsity of tha char ee, from beginning to end, I would not be hero tosniglit to ask yon to vote for Grover Cleveland. Great applaute at Cleveland' name. But I not ouly ask you to vote for him because the uhargea are false, but to work for him with might and main eapeci ally those of you who have been misled be. ctute he his been slandered and wronged in a vile and mil gnant way, not in the intereat of po litical justice or political moral ity, but solely to promote the political for tune of a daring political gamester. Let tbe record speak for itself. Anti-monopoly and labor go together. The most grievou offense a'l'ged against Grover Cleveland it the veto of the "5 cent faro bill," to called, prescribing a uniform 5-cut fare on the elevated railway system in the city of New York.'- Thia m alleged to be against the interest of the wo: k- ing clasnea. . Yet not a murmur haa come from them to thia dry, though the measage waa written on the 2d of Marotvl8S3 1 Why ? Because tbe workingmea and work ingwomen of that city, t well aaall other, can rid any dittadca on those line for6cnt from 5:30 to 8:30 a. m. and from 4:30 to 7:30 p. m. by virtu of commisaion rule. During six hour of the day they can ride from tha Battery to One Hundred and Fifty-aixth street, eleven miles, over tha moat expentiv railway on the planet, for about one-hlf tha actual coat lor transportation, and during thereat of the day all can nde tha distance for 10 cent cheaper than anv firat-clasa transportation in tbe world . The veto, therefore, did not atrike at tha working class. It only affected th well-to -do, who came lata and went early. The bill waa paased in great baate aa a threat or measure ol reprisal, tha causa of which had paased at tha time the bill reached the Gov eroor. It waa proved beyond a doubt that all passengera could not be carried at the re duced fare; that tbe road could not pay their internt, taxes, land damage and wages; that ruin to the aystrm won d reault. So the subject waa remitted to tha railroad commis sioners, where it belongs, for inch action in the future a will give the public the largest accom modation at tne minimum of coat and protect tbe right of all . There was no justice in the bill criee, "That ia ao !"J. no pnblio demand for it; it was denounced oy Mayor Edton and other; and Mo. Simon Sterne, ona of the moat eminent of lb A nti Monopolist in the country, not only justifies tba veto, bnt givea moat cogent reaaooa why ba should, in the in tore? of th people it waa supposed to aerve, veto it if ba himself were Governor. I there a man ia all tha laud who will vota againet Cleveland on thia aooouol? - If there ba ha I not fair man. He want somebody else't Croperty or want aomebody elaa to pay hit irt. The labor organintiona scattered through tha State of New York are ceutered in the Trade Assembly. It ia tba body which apeaka for them and their caute in all matter relating to legislation. Inttead of wearying yon with an analysis in detail of Gov. Cleveland' action toucbing all th labor bill which came before him, I prefer to ute aa a witoeaa tbe able and honored Prfiident of that great organization, THE LaBOR LEADER. WHAT THE FRE.HIDEST OF STATE TRAPES ASSEMBLY SAYS ' Troy. July 21, 1834. To the Arous: The Workingtneo'e A embly of this State haa, tinoe 1 have been at tha bead of that organization, auccecd'd in pasting through the Legislature the following bills: Abolishing the manufacture ol bat in th State Prison, creating a Bureau ot Labor Statittice, the tenement-honte cigar bill (twice), tbe abolition of oonvict contract la bor, the hen law. and the conductor and driver' bill aeven in all. Of these meaturea Governor Cleveland signed five and vetoed two, via i Tba hen law and the conductor' and driver' bill. A to tbe lien law, it i generally ac knowledged now that be did n a kindness tn vetoing that bill, because, through error of oor own In drafting the measure, th bill patted would have been a potit've injury to u. Ihe conductora and driven bill I think he thould hava aigned . So the record ahowt that wa have tent to Governor Cleveland aix perfect billt and he hat tiened five and vetoed one. On thia record 1 am not prepared to condemn him. If tbe Sovernor doe n five favor and commit but one error I feel that ba ia entitled to my anpport. In addition to the labor meuurea prepared by our organizas tion, Governor Cleveland haa tigned a bill introduced by Senator Fassett which makea workingmen prefern d creditor in case of ar- aignment or failure of tbe firm or corporation by which tbey are employed. Keoogoiziog the justice of the measure and it great benefit to the working claasea, 1 called on Governor Cleveland and atked him to aign it, and he did to without hetitatioo. So, to sum the matter np, he haa approved of aix billt favor able to our interests and disapproved of one. By bit record on legitimate labor meaturea 1 udge him, and on tha strength of that record ahall tupport him. l our truly, Waltkr N. Thayer. Presid't New York State Trades Attembly. L Applause J ' la the faci of thi authorative declaration by the leader of the bona fide organized workingmen of the State, tbe charges and misrepresentation an industriously circulated by toaua workingmen and pretended "triendt of labor," will fall flat where they were in tended to excite revolt. Cheers The "Conductora' and Driver' Bill." which Mr. Thayer thinks the Governor thould have approved, wa in many reapectt at bad aa the lien law. It was not atked for by a tingle conductor or driver, could only operate to reduce their wtgea at leaat one quarter, if it could operate at all, and wa clearly, aa the Governor declared, "not in the intereat of the workingmen, aa those for whose beutfit it waa supposed to be intended now admit. I call attention to the twenty two reason why workingmen will vote and work tor the election of Governor Cleveland, :l bated npon nit messages and hit signa tures to the multitude of bills in the interest of the immigrant, the laborer, depotitor in bank, the traveling public and kindred re form. These are tbe true voice of labor, and they will drown in thii canvaa the lying utter ance of the ilanderer and tbe demagogue. 1 atk no man to take my word for it. "We frill." Tbere itand the record, and it prove not only that Governor Cleveland is neither hostile nor cold to the 'abor interest, but that h it, and alway bat been, a contiitt ent, wite and courageou friend, The advo catea of Mr. Blaine have not hesitated to drag tbe question ot religion luietesl into the coo- teat; and Catholic, aa auch, are invited to esert the Democratio party and vote the Republican ticket thia year on account of alltged religious biaa on the part of Governor Cleveland. Their hill of particular it: 1st, Governor Cleveland' veto of the "Freedom of Worship Bill;" 2d. hit veto of the appro priation for tha Catholic Protectory. It ii a tuHicient answer to the nrst charge to aay that the Governor did not veto the 'freedom of worship bill. It never reached him. It did pas at the aetsion of 1SSI, when ia Republican predecessor, Governor Cornell, vetoed it, which ia probab y the foundation of the he told against Uovernor Cleveland Had tuch a bill reached Governor Cleveland, I am sure it would hava promp ly received hit tig nature. THE CATHOLIC PROTECTORY. Thit it a moet excellent institution, located near New Yora City, for the shelter and care of deatituto children in New York City and vicinity; children from other counties of tho State are not admitted. It it not, therefore, may be tuppoced, a publio institution, though by long usage all tuch inttitutions re ceive more or lea nnanciai aid irom the County Treatuiy, aud in tome rare instance from the State. The Catholic Protectory, in 18S3, wa granted $20,000 by the Legislature, and the Governor withheld bit approval on the ground, among others, that the cost of maintaining that institution waa only prop erly chargeable npon tha city and county ot few i ora, rather than upon the State at large. In thia view every lawyer will concur, including the eminent counsel for the Pro tectory, Hon. John E. Develin. Loud ap plause j But jutt before the Convention this veto wa tortured into general anti-Catholic prejudice by tboee whose interest it wa to brek down the Governor, and many who were ignorant of the ground upon which the veto waa bated, were led to believe that it waa a blow directed at the Catholic as a class. I read what tha President and coun ael, jutt referred to, for the Protectory aay ahont it in a letter written within a few weekt: "Mr. Daniel Manuing, Chairman New York Delegation: We never doubted the sincerity of the motivea which induced Gov ernor Cleveland to withhold hia aignatnre to tha appropriation to the protectory. We thought then, and think now, that he wa no actuated by any feeling of bigotry, or of hostility to Catholic or to Catholic institu tions. On th contrary. Governor Cleveland i liberal in the extreme, and wa ar of the firm belief that he waa led to withhoiding bit approval of the appropriation aolely by a ente of public duty a he viewed it. Henry L. Hor.rrr. President oftb Protectory. Johx ft. Develis, Counael and Advisor to tha Protectory. Both these gentlemen are too well known to require an introduction to any fatho.ic in the land, and both not only defend the Gov ernor from thit baie and unfounded attack, but warmly advocate hia elecUoo to tha Frets idency. Tho who attack tbe Governor for thit veto are careful to conceal the fact that all denomination were treated alike by him, and that ba approved no bill or any item in a bill giving a dollar cut of th treasury to any auch institution, whether managed by Cath jlic or Protectant, Jew or Gentile. Tbe safe and decided ground alwaya taken by him ia that public moneys ahall be raiaed and ex pended only for publio purpose. In th uppl) bill of 1883 ha vetoed twenty-seven itema, amounting to $250,704.30. A Cath olic, all we atk it fair pity and equal terms with all other in the community. W atk no tpecial favor. And we serve notioe on thote who have ao aullenly thown zeal for nt or our vote that w are guided in our publio conduct by principle, not prejudice, and if they appeal to the lower motive they appeal to n in vain. I find among other evidence of Governor Cleveland's deep boatility to the Catholic that ba haa caused aalarie to be given to three Cat h olio chipltioa in the prisoua of tha State No Catholic ohaplaina aver received a salary there before. I think an Executive who haa a ractjor religion prejudice will find tome difficulty in oonoealing it in hi appoint ment. The three leading position in the gift of the Executive of the State of New York indeed the only three important one Governor Cleveland filled a follow: Railroad Commiasiooer, John D. Kernan. Superintendent o' Insurance, John A. Mo Call, Jr. Superintendent of Pnblio Works, James Shanahan. It happent that all those gentlemen are of Irish blood and Catholic inreligioo. I know the Governor did not appoint them to tbeie bigb position because of their race or creed, but because they were eminently fit for the places. I preanme he never thought of rase or creed. But if he were narrow, bigoted, or even timid, he would have done to, and hes itated. Why ! Because never before in the whole history of the State were tboee offices or any of thorn, filled by men of Irish blood and Cathnlio faith ! When tbe act to estab lish an Emigration Commisaion went iuto ef fect be did not hesitate to nominate an emin ent insn-oatnoiic, wm. 11. Alurtba, a Commiationer. to carry out ita beneficient provision. I will not weary you with mention of many similar appomtmeuta to mi' nor cfDcet in tha Executive gift, though the list it lull and representative. But I ask you in all candor what other Uovernor in all the long, illuatriou line hat inch a record? Ap plause.! i I dinlike exceedingly to descend to the level of thote who have imported thit race and re- ligioua isiue inlo the canvas. But I would fail in my duty to myself if I failed to defend ourgcaodidate from misrepresentation o vile and cbarges to mean and mendacicu. 1 hot of n who were born in Ireland or spring from the Irish race ara here to stay. Whatever our Irish affiliations, ties or affec tion ma) be and I hope there are many in American politics we are Americans, pure aud simple. We auk nothing on account of our race or creed, and we tubmit to no alight or injury on account of either.- '-Ve and our children and our children's children are here merged in thia great free, composite national ity, true and loyal citizens of the State and Federal lystem, ihariog in the burden and the blessings of the freest people on earth. All we ask ia equality for n and our. The man who takes les or demand more ia no true American. Those who seek to make ot a clamoring chut in the community, seeking to use Amer ican political meant to other than American end, are merely inverting know-nnthingiam and playing upon the impulse of men for their own selfish purposes. It i no compliv nieut to m that tchmnert fancy we can be thu played npon. We are taking pirt in an American election contest, in which the question to be decided ia thii: Which of the partiea will give n the beat administration the purest, safest, and moat economical ? Under which will the country be niott likely to be prosperous at home and respected abroad ? It seems to me there i but one answer. The Republican party mutt stand np.-m it record and be judged. Under its policy and practice we have a reign of jobbery, corrup tion and extravagance, wild speculation, dis graceful swindlea and failures, p-nic which shake th continent, strikes, idle mills, myriadt of idle hands, wheat 83 cents per bushel in Chicago, manhood labor CO ceuta per day in favored Pennsylvania. Our com merce ha left tha seaa; tho world' market are closed to us. Our foreign diplomacy long since degenerated into ftunkeyism; our citi zens lie ia foreign dungeons without trial, redrew or succor. Thit after four and twenty year of Republican rule aud prom ise ! James G. Blaine it tbe fit candidate of that party a prcminent actor in the worst of its days and a reprcseutat've of all its broken promises. Hia ingenious friends have now invented a new promise for him with which to catch the votet of men who hope for the dawn of a better dsy in iur foreign rela tions. They promise that he will give ua a "vigorous loreign policy." H doe not promise that himself, but permits bia friends to whimper it for him. The man who, a Secretary of State, with all the power of the Government over our foreign relation intrusted to him, permitted American to pine and die in British prisons without a much at ottering ten vigorous word io at many months, will give the British lion't tail a moet vigorous twitt and make tbe beast howl, if you will only give bim your vote and make him Presis dent. Hi friend will even promise you that hi first work as President will be to free Ire landfor vote. Why did not the bold Blaine even ay a word when Grover Cleve land twice atked him, in manly speech, from the platform in Buffalo in April and Decem ber, 18S2. He felt much more at home in editing a Know-Nothing newspaper and send ing out anti-Catbolic circulars from his office in Augusta tome ye.ira ago, for nothing exs ceedt the zeal and venom of a renegade. Thit new found love of Blaine and the New York Tribune for the Irish it like a limited railway ticket, "good for thit train and trip only." Laughter We prefer to take thia trip at least with the party that never trailed the American flag in the dust at home or abroad ; that made the declaration, "I am an American citizen," the key to open the prison door abroad to tho court room or to liberty ; that acquired the mighty western domain ; that fot ered our plantations and our industries till the land blossomed in prosperity and gltdnea ; the party that stood by th farmer and the work ingmen againet monopoly and greed th party that stood in all it day by the for eigner against every form of prescription and tyranny. . It is the party of the people, of local self-government, individual liberty, pure and economical administration. I have seen it atated that our candidate for President, among other alleged defects, is lacking in publio experience. I with some brilliant statesman who eotertaint that notion would inform na whether a newtpaper writer, manager of political can vane, and member of a legislative body, ba any better training for the Presidency than a man of Grover Cleveland' education and practice. Not to mention hi soond legal training, and other executive offices held by him, in all of which he won honor, commendation and respect, your Governor to-day fill the most arduou executive position in the coun try. While Conerrss in the long seasion ha passed lesa than 200 bills, the Legislature of your State pane from 600 to 800. Tbe President merely sign or vetoes a bill entire, and in thi, if he plea.e, he can have the ad vice of hia Cabinet. Your Governor ia charged by tbe constitution with the duty of scanning (very item in every bill, and approving or 5 vetoing ik aa hia in.n.M-.i . . determinahim. Thl7.;7hb; oua dntiea keep him at hi. 1.l ete into the night, whil. the Tffi" ?. na rreaiaeni ceo pie bnt a am. T T c hi time. Themai who e Eft! Ih That Grover Cleveland haa filler! . , ' cult post to admirably it the h V wdi. which hi. character and tatelfr k objected. ' w"ia r He ia broad, liberal, courageous. mating, generous and jutt. In thirrni of vigorona manhood, with a sound I i and rioe eiDerienna vith . i-i. "Uoir, ration, to re.tore the Republic to jT time man of nrrumr tv OH. ------ r 1 r-"1' "iiicilnd octiotimphcity. Loud and long Donor Before Dnty (?) to Partj I have a large number of friends in thin, in 8tat'i further Eaat, to whom I de.;Jl address the following announcement, trutt yon will grant the necessary tpu, your oolumn. I am not seeking any tmnt, notoriety, oor do I wish to thrust my coori, tion npon other, bnt aimply to oontaibut, mite toward removing dangers which immi! nently threaten the very life of our frt iMy. tutiona. I aided Io organizing the Republican MrtJ ia 1850, and present n unbroken record cnting my last vote for Mr. Garfklj tor President of the United State. I represented the party, in my State on the National Co mittce for teveral years, and served at i de. gate in the Baltimore Couveotion in 1S6L when Mr. Lincoln was nominated for a ate. ond Preaidential term. Every Republican felt proud of the associations and coafidett that the Government was in the hands ol able and honorable men. The party wis based upon broad principle of liberty to a l and promised ( policy calculated to elevate the toiling nil iioni and stamp indelibly, "equality befor. the law," npon all the constitutions and Uvi of the Statea of the American Union. A hoc. of great and honorable atateamen grarptd firmly the party helm, the intelligent and j. dependent voting masc came to- th front with overwhelming majorities, and tha party achievement duriog a term of year supply many of the most important and brighten page in the hiatory of thi great republic. But party machinery gradually developed a etas of eolf appointed leaden, who art not famou aa statesmen, but notorious for dent ing mercenary schemes to plunder th peo ple, whose interests they were aworn to pro. lect, and theiesultia a great money power in the handa of the few, who either fill the seats in both Houses of Congress, or dictate tbe pliant tools woo from tuch high places ahall manipulate public affaire to the personal id vantage ot the few, and looking to th en- Isvetr.ent of the many. The present system of American tariffs i one ttupeodoua fraud, a methodical system oi robbery, extorting tbe last pennies of tbe poor to ewell the ill-gotten nillione ol tact men aa Gould and Vanderbilt. Tha vaat it crease of taxable property during the par! twenty years, which Mr. Blaine in hit late letter of acceptance, attribute to our pro tective tariff tystem, wa brought about, at every observer of event well know, by as influx of prosperous and energstio immi grant from the old world, and the settling op snd making great States and cities on what was before valueless waate cf publio lisd. tnd he ahould have aaid all thia hie been done ia apite of the destructive weight oi taxation imposed by this party of protection, upon the ' industries of the country at large. The party of to-day, and ita representative caodi datet take positive grounds in favor of I continuation of the protection policy, which ia precisely the opposite of what ita founder! intended. The system was then, aa now. justly regarded at a twin aister to ilivery, uperatiug to make the poor poorer and th rich richer, but on the advent of the party to power in 1 SGI the public necessities mad t brief continuation of the system a neeeuity, which has long since passed away. At no former period in the history of th party would the foul heresy of protection hive been tolerated either on the platform or to the stump for a dav. aud tbe position now taken and being advocated opnly by Repnlh lican orator and newspapers will donbtlesi drive the thinking mattes, in tel'-defenae, to voting the opposition ticket, preferrml to take chance on any new policy rather ttita attempt to longer support the burthen which ia grinding them to powder. Blaine and Cleveland are only citizens, standing on the came level with tbe meanest voter, bnt for the time they aiy representing opposite sides of a great question which tbt Republican Convention forced into a urinj issue, frame ia the candidate tor tne n and opulent, declaring that the day laborer thould pay the same amount of tax into the General Government aa tbe Vanderbilt; while on tbe other hand Cleveland ia repte leoting all that large class who believe that the propel ty of the country houldpayl its own protection. Blaine belongs to that class who believe tbe toiling mssset were cre ated for their use and convenience, whiw Cleveland represents the people ae sgtinn unnatural encroachments of a moneyed arnwc racy and practically occupies the gronno the Republican party ol twenty year k. The Republican party, in the hand knivM mod slanderer, i seeking " mislead the people, and while they ar wu. nHnml tn nvnnrv inn noi made IO gene- it is prosperity, but as ia time gone by other corntries, there is a point bfy4 which a long suffering people cannnot o iw fir the date mir nennle will unite and demand reform. The matter of reforming our plao a tion, of conrae, resta with the people, a oolv method left is to cast aside party ; name which do not mean what they once did. Bj move by the ehorteat route to a raoicu change of publio policy. Tbe wealthy, an tocratio clas are expected to vote for ano" protection, bnt the poor, who ar siP in large msjority in all countries. bouiu, re gardless of former political affiliation, fens of themeelves and those to com aiw u., itand in together and break th B'J power, by voting in Aovember ".,. Grover Cleveland for Prceident of the publicans, look over the list of rr arrogant knavea and imbeciles who rnir party in Oregon and all over the country day. The old ship of popular go"!,,. laboring in the midst of a mot terrible ew starvation and min threaten the . avert impending wreck by going to in November aad voting for Grover CIr Read the present aitnstion, atop ea.dal aside from preconceived notion, sou honestly with yourelve. b, ; toWI interett of tbe people sno - , . II. a. Salem, Ogn.. Oct. 11. f